User authentication security system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016019378-A1
Application number	US-201414336609-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 21, 2014
Priority date	Jul 21, 2014
Publication date	Jan 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system or computer usable program product for providing secure user authentication including presenting a displayed representation of a three dimensional object having multiple selection areas, wherein respective selection areas are represented on at least two faces of the object and a symbol is depicted in each of the multiple selection areas; receiving a sequence of user inputs including a plurality of user selections of respective selection areas of the object indicating selection of the respective symbol and at least one user input indicating a movement of the object between the two faces so that user selection of selection areas on each of the two faces is accomplished; utilizing a processor to compare the sequence of user inputs to a predetermined authentication sequence stored in memory; and responsive to a positive comparison of the predetermined authentication sequence, providing user authentication.

First claim

1 - 9 . (canceled)

10 . A computer program product for providing secure user authentication, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processing circuit to cause the device to perform a method comprising:
presenting a displayed representation of a three dimensional object having multiple selection areas, wherein respective selection areas are represented on at least two faces of the object and a symbol is depicted in each of the multiple selection areas; receiving a sequence of user inputs including a plurality of user selections of respective selection areas of the object indicating selection of the respective symbol and at least one user input indicating a movement of the object between the two faces so that user selection of selection areas on each of the two faces is accomplished; utilizing a processor to compare the sequence of user inputs to a predetermined authentication sequence stored in memory; and responsive to a positive comparison of the predetermined authentication sequence, providing user authentication.

11 . The computer program product of claim 10 further comprising displaying the predetermined authentication sequence as a captcha prior to receiving the sequence of user inputs.

12 . The computer program product of claim 10 further comprising measuring temporal components on the sequence of user inputs wherein comparing the sequence of user inputs to a predetermined authentication sequence includes comparing the measured temporal components with predetermined temporal components of the predetermined authentication sequence.

13 . The computer program product of claim 12 wherein a predetermined amount of variation is allowed between the measured temporal components and the predetermined temporal components.

14 . The computer program product of claim 10 further comprising presenting a set of three dimensional objects for user selection; and receiving a user selection from the set of three dimensional objects; wherein presenting the displayed representation of the three dimensional object includes presenting the user selected three dimensional object.

15 . The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the sequence of user inputs includes at least one user selection and at least one from the set of rotational gesture, translational gesture, and sizing gesture.

16 . A data processing system for providing secure user authentication, the data processing system comprising:
a processor; and a memory storing program instructions which when executed by the processor execute the steps of: presenting a displayed representation of a three dimensional object having multiple selection areas, wherein respective selection areas are represented on at least two faces of the object and a symbol is depicted in each of the multiple selection areas; receiving a sequence of user inputs including a plurality of user selections of respective selection areas of the object indicating selection of the respective symbol and at least one user input indicating a movement of the object between the two faces so that user selection of selection areas on each of the two faces is accomplished; utilizing the processor to compare the sequence of user inputs to a predetermined authentication sequence stored in memory; and responsive to a positive comparison of the predetermined authentication sequence, providing user authentication.

17 . The data processing system of claim 16 further comprising displaying the predetermined authentication sequence as a captcha prior to receiving the sequence of user inputs.

18 . The data processing system of claim 16 further comprising measuring temporal components on the sequence of user inputs wherein comparing the sequence of user inputs to a predetermined authentication sequence includes comparing the measured temporal components with predetermined temporal components of the predetermined authentication sequence.

19 . The data processing system of claim 16 further comprising presenting a set of three dimensional objects for user selection; and receiving a user selection from the set of three dimensional objects; wherein presenting the displayed representation of the three dimensional object includes presenting the user selected three dimensional object.

20 . The data processing system of claim 16 wherein the sequence of user inputs includes at least one user selection and at least one from the set of rotational gesture, translational gesture, and sizing gesture.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Chan Yuk L
• Essenmacher Michael D
• Lection David B
• Masselle Eric L
• Scott Mark Allen

Classifications

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F21/36

  by graphic or iconic representation · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04815 Primary

  Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional [3D], e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object · CPC title

• G06F21/31 Primary

  User authentication · CPC title